Stonehead Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Cambodian Troops Quarantine Quan'sul excerpt: "There has been a small outbreak of “zombism” in a small town near the border of Laos in North-Eastern Cambodia." Quote
Stonehead Posted February 26, 2007 Author Posted February 26, 2007 The Return of the Puppet Masters "Are brain parasites altering the personalities of three billion people?" Quote
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Stonehead Posted February 26, 2007 Author Posted February 26, 2007 What Is Your Dangerous Idea? "Question everything, ban nothing, think dangerously." Quote
Dechristo Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 From DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism [5.30.06] By Jaron Lanier "There is a pedagogical connection between the culture of Artificial Intelligence and the strange allure of anonymous collectivism online. Google's vast servers and the Wikipedia are both mentioned frequently as being the startup memory for Artificial Intelligences to come. Larry Page is quoted via a link presented to me by popurls this morning (who knows if it's accurate) as speculating that an AI might appear within Google within a few years. George Dyson has wondered if such an entity already exists on the Net, perhaps perched within Google. My point here is not to argue about the existence of Metaphysical entities, but just to emphasize how premature and dangerous it is to lower the expectations we hold for individual human intellects. The beauty of the Internet is that it connects people. The value is in the other people. If we start to believe that the Internet itself is an entity that has something to say, we're devaluing those people and making ourselves into idiots." Lots of interesting considerations in the essay concerning hive (or Wiki) mentality versus that of the individual. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 making ourselves into idiots Some of you are already idiots. No making necessary Quote
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